Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1959. Hardcover first edition - Primarily an account of animal life in the Hluhluwe Valley in Natal, in South Africa - including details of hunting, protective coloration, game reserves, bird life, seasons, and more - based on two trips the author took - one in 1935-1937, the other in 1953 and also on his boyhood recollections. Cowles was born in the British colony of Natal in South Africa to American missionary parents, and became known for his research on desert ecology and reptile thermoregulation, as well as one of America's first ecologists and conservationists. Illustrated with a map, photographs and small drawings to the head of each chapter. Errata slip laid in. xiii, 267 pp.